This Texas Teen Silenced Bullies With His Shirt, And This Is How People Responded

Aaron Tamez, 17, from Houston, Texas, wanted to shut down haters with a simple but straightforward message.

CREDIT: Aaron Tamez

He found a t-shirt on Etsy that perfectly addressed everything he wanted to say. The organic $18.99 tee featured a message that read: “Why be racist, sexist, homophobic, or transphobic when you could just be quiet?”

Aaron posted pictures of his shirt on Twitter — and its powerful message resonated with thousands of people.

The tweet soon went viral and people on the Internet applauded his fashionably bold attire. Aaron says that as a gay teen he liked the message, “if you have nothing nice to say, just don’t say it at all.”

People on the Internet were blown away by it and loved that fashion could directly target and diminish hate.